Tinder Adds Instagram Pictures To Tell You More About Your Matches

Trending News: Tinder Is Now Pulling Your Instagram Photos

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You can now see more about your Tinder matches — and they can see more about you.

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Tinder has added Instagram integration for its profiles as well as expanding the amount of information it pulls from Facebook — the changes mean you can now get a much better idea of who someone is (or who they're pretending to be) before you swipe left or right.

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You now have more to go on when deciding who to like and who to dismiss on Tinder. The app has announced Instagram integration, letting you to see the 34 most recent photos from your potential date's stream of pictures. At the very least, it should give you an idea if your new friends prefer Valencia or Hefe as their filter of choice.

Recent Instagram photos show up alongside the main Tinder/Facebook pictures, and you can tap through to see the Instagram feed in full, if it's been made public. If not, Tinder is including a setting that lets users with private Instagram feeds reveal them to potential matches in the dating app, should they wish to.

The expanded Facebook functionality means it might be worth giving your profile a check: Your Tinder matches can see all of the interests listed there as well as the identities of friends of friends you share — handy for avoiding friends of your ex but not great news if your love of embarrassingly dodgy movies is splashed across your timeline.

The whole process of linking your Instagram feed with your Tinder profile is optional, and Tinder says it won't post anything on your Instagram on your behalf. You can make the change starting now from the Tinder apps on iOS or Android by logging in using your Instagram account details.

Is your future date into glowing red sunsets or plates of carefully arranged starter dishes? Or both? Or neither? You can now find out immediately and get a little context about the people Tinder is matching you up with — it could make the difference between idly dismissing your future soulmate or realizing they're the one for you after all.

Oh, and if your own Instagram page is looking a little drab, now might be the time for a few carefully framed photos showing just what a fun-loving, thrill-seeking, perfect gentleman you are.

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Ask The Big Question: Can you judge a person by his or her Instagram profile?

Disrupt Your Feed: In the not-too-distant future our social networking apps will be able to recommend blind dates with a very high chance of success.

Drop This Fact: More than 60 million photos are shared on Instagram every day.

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